Bunch v. State

The Supreme Court denied Petitioner’s petition asking the Court to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis, holding that Petitioner failed to make sufficient allegations to warrant coram nobis relief.Petitioner was convicted of aggravated robbery, theft of property, and first degree sexual abuse. In his coram nobis petition, Petitioner alleged that the prosecutor during his criminal trial withheld evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), which would have established that his confession to the robberies was coerced. The Supreme Court denied relief, holding that because Petitioner’s arguments pertained to matters that were wholly contained within the record and known to the defense at the trial, Petitioner’s allegations did not warrant reinvesting jurisdiction in the circuit court to consider a coram nobis petition. View "Bunch v. State" on Justia Law